Oklahoma HB1979: Children; Early Childhood Task Force; membership; election; reports; compensation or reimbursement; expenses; Open Records Act; Open Meeting Act; advice; vision statement; mission; principles; codification; effective date.

What the bill says

An Act relating to children; creating the Early Childhood Task Force; providing for task force membership; providing for election of chair and vice chair; permitting the selection of honorary chair; directing task force to provide reports; disallowing certain members from receiving compensation or reimbursement; permitting certain members to claim certain expenses; requiring task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; providing that task force documents and recommendations shall only be considered advice; providing a vision statement…

From the enrolled text, May 4, 2026:

An Act relating to children; creating the Early Childhood Task Force; providing for task force membership; providing for election of chair and vice chair; permitting the selection of honorary chair; directing task force to provide reports; disallowing certain members from receiving compensation or reimbursement; permitting certain members to claim certain expenses; requiring task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; providing that task force documents and recommendations shall only be considered advice; providing a vision statement; providing a mission; providing principles the task force is to be guided by; providing tasks for the task force; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Children SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 390 of Title 10, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. There is hereby created the Early Childhood Task Force to study and make recommendations to improve service access to and delivery to families and children and increase the quantity of highquality early childhood services. B. The task force shall be comprised of eighteen (18) members to be appointed as 2. The State Commissioner of Health, or a designee; 3. The Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, or a designee; …

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